7 Servicing Internal M.2 Flash SSDs
This section describes how to service M.2 flash solid-state drives (SSDs).
M.2 flash SSDs are replaceable components that do not require you to power off the server before servicing. For more information about replaceable components, see Illustrated Parts Breakdown and Replaceable Components.
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These procedures require that you handle components that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge. This sensitivity can cause the component to fail. To avoid damage, ensure that you follow antistatic practices, as described in Electrostatic Discharge Safety.Caution:
Unless the two M.2 risers are running in a software RAID configuration, removing one riser might result in a system crash and possible data corruption.Caution:
The lever is not an ejector. Do not open the lever too far. Doing so can damage the lever.Remove a Flash Riser Board
The server can contain up to two hot-pluggable flash riser boards (SSDR0, SSDR1). Each flash riser board can contain one M.2 flash SSD.
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Prepare the server for service.
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To remove the flash riser board, do the following:
Install a Flash Riser Board
The system motherboard provides two slots (labeled SSDR 0 and SSDR 1) for flash riser boards. When installing flash riser boards, install the first riser board into slot SSDR 0 and then into SSDR 1.
Identify and Remove an M.2 Flash SSD
In the standard Exadata Server X10M configuration, the flash riser board contains an M.2 flash SSD in a socket.
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Prepare the server for service.
- Identify and note the location of the failed M.2 flash SSD.
- Remove a Flash Riser Board from the server.
- Place the riser board on an antistatic mat.
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Remove the M.2 flash SSD in socket SSD from the riser board.